Tested Instructions for the 1-Minute Laughie Laughter Prescription
JNP- THE JOURNAL FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS, vol.20, no.8, 2024 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 20 Issue: 8
- Publication Date: 2024
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2024.105132
- Journal Name: JNP- THE JOURNAL FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, ASSIA, CINAHL
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This Brief Report presents tested instructions for facilitating the Laughie (Laugh Intentionally Everyday) Laughter Prescription in a group setting. The Laughie is a rapid, 1-minute prescriptive technique conceived to encourage participants to harness the positive outcomes associated with laughter. The Laughie was prescribed to Turkish earthquake survivors (N = 20) 3 times a day for 2 weeks in a laughter intervention that was delivered by the first author, a nurse faculty member at Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing, Ankara, T & uuml;rkiye. The report aims to describe tested instructions for how the Laughie prescription may be facilitated by nurses and health care workers to benefit participants within their communities. (c) 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.